However, in the mid-80s it closed and the buildings lay empty for some years.

But the room ahead of them lay dark and empty.

He peered out, and down the long road; it lay dead empty.

Following the school's closure in 1989 the castle lay empty for a period of 6 years.

The hospital finally closed in 1990 and lay empty for many years.

The corridor lay empty and silent for a little while.

Brian looked back once more; the way behind them lay empty.

But the tunnel lay empty behind them as it had been all along.

The eastern portion lay empty in the 1980s and 1990s.

The mother was put in an institution and the house lay empty for two years.